--- John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mar 17, 2006, at 3:23 PM, maxim wexler wrote: > > > > > > > --- Jeremy Olexa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> maxim wexler wrote: > >> > >>> Hello everybody, > >>> > >>> Can someone give me a tip(s) on how to proceed > with > >>> this minimal install? > >>> > >>> I note on the CD big files such as image.squasfs > >> and > >>> gentoo.igz but the little on-line about them is > not > >>> very helpful. > >>> > >>> I think I can start ppp and prepare the > harddrive > >> but > >>> beyond that darkness looms :^( > >>> > >>> > >> Have you read the install handbooks yet? > >> > > > > Yes. To paraphrase what I found: "if you want you > can > > use the minimal install CD." If you got a link to > > something a trifle more verbose I'd sure like to > > follow it. > > the only difference (and this is spelled out in the > install docs) is > that instead of using the snapshot and stage file > from the cd, you > download it (and THAT is mentioned in the docs, or > was last time I > did a gentoo install). It says "we'll show you how > to use the cd > first, as that's the usual route", but the section > after that shows > you how to download the stage file and snapshot. > (i'm paraphrasing > here, before anyone goes nuts on me for misquoting). Yeah, thanks. Once I got dialup going, I realized it was just a matter of downloading the stage and portage tarballs instead of taking them off the CD. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
